Cabinet dishwasher



July 6 ,1926. 1,591,314

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Patented July 6,1926. I

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Application fled June 13, 1921. Serial no. 4 17,2419.

This inventionrelates to machines for washing dishes, and more particularly to machines of this kind .which are :adapted to be used in an ordinary kitchen.

' Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive and practical form of machine which can be used not only for washing the dishes, but which will also serve very much like an ordinary cabinet or cupboard for storing the dishes, so that after washing and drying the dishes they can be allowed to remain in 'the cabinet from which they are selectively removable from the front thereof, just as they would be removed from an ordinarypantry or kitchen cupboard.

It is also an object to provide certain 'details and features of construction and novel combinations tending to increase the general 2 efficiency and the desirability of a combined dish washing machine and storage cabinet or cupboard of this particulancharacter.

To these and other useful ends,.the invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed andshown in the accompany-- 85 dotted lines) in the positions which they 00-.

-cup while the cabinet is being filled or whi e the dishes are being removed therefrom.

Figure 4 is a detail longitudinal section 4 on line 4-4 in Figure 3, showing certain rtions broken away for convenience of illustration.

Figure 5 is a detail section on line 5-5 in .Fi e4.

igure 6 is an end elevation of the said machine.

Figure 7 is a similar view of the other end of sad machine. I

As thus illustrated, the invention comprises a boxlike structure having. a back wall 1, a to wall 2, a bottom wall 3 and end walls 4 an 5 of sheet metal or any other suitable or desired material. The front of the cabinet thus provided is equip ed with a door 6 which, wlth the front wal 7, forms the entire flat front of the structure. It will also be seen that the top of this door, in con unct1on with the said top wall 2, forms the flat top of the cabinet. The endsof said door have inclined edges 8' which meet the inclined edges 9 of theend walls 4 and 5, whereby the door 6 comprises not onlya portion of the front of the cabinet, and-a portion of the top of the cabinet, but also .a portion of each end of the cabinet. The to on of said door is. connected by hinges 10 wit the top wall 2, so that said 'door can be raised and swung upward andover on top of the cabinet, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 3, when the cabinet is to be filled or when the'dishes and other table articles are to be removed therefrom.

The bottom of the cabinet has a. dish water reservoir 11, and a longitudinal shaft 12 extends above this reservoir, said shaft being provided with blades 13 to splash the water held in said reservoir. Thus the cabi-v net forms a splash chamber above the dish water reservo1r,-with the-front opening of the cabinet above the water line. A fan 14 is also mounted on. said shaft in position to blow air through the cabinet after the dishes are washed, and after the water is drained ofi, thereby to dry the dishes. ,Preferabl) the shaft 12 is driven by a motor 15 through the -medium of a belt 16v and the pulley wheel 17 on the outer end of the shaft.

A rack 18 is removably mounted in the base'portion of the cabinet, in front of and over the shaft 12, so that the front portion 19 of this rack is adapted to hold knives and forks and spoons, while a shelf 20 is provided for the plates or otherlarge articles, as shown, with arched ortions 21 to space the plates apart and hol them upright II in vertical planes. It will be understood that this rack 18 can be constructed from. wire, or any suitable materials,.so that it. will form a. sort of basket to not onl hold the articlesto be washed, but topermit free 106 entrance of the waterthrown from the reservoir by the blades 13 previously mentioned.

Another rack or basket 22 is hinged at 10 and formed with upper and lower shelves 10! 23 and 24 to support on s and saucers and glassesv or similar artic es. This rack or basket 22 is open at its front, so that the articles can be easily placed therein and re.-

moved therefrom. When the cover or door but preferably adapte 6 is open, the rack or basket or cagelike supporting means 22 can be raised andswung upward and over to temporarily rest m the door 6, thereby affording access to the space in rear of this rack.

A burner 25, of an suitablecharacter,

to burn gas, is arranged below the bottom 3 as shown, to heat I of a valve 27 provided wit the water to a temperature suitable for washilng the dishes. lSaid burgeg is connecte to t e as su i e 2 means g pp y a handle 28, and a small pipe 29 leads from the pipe 26 to a point over theburner to provide a pilot light when the gas is turned on.

The water reservoir has a drain pipe 30 at .one end thereof, and the hollow device 31 is movable up and down ina guide 32 above the opening of said drain pipe, thereby to outlet is always rovided to take care of the.

' machine in any suitable or desired manner.

open and close the drain, a rock shaft 33 provided witha handle34 being provided for this purpose. When the handle is swung forward the device 31' is raised to open the drain pipe 30, and when the handle is swung backward said device is lowered to close said opening. However, inasmuch as the device 31 is open at. the top thereof, an overflow surplus in case t e water is allowed to enter the reservoir after it is filled to the proper level, The water can be supplied to the As shown, the machine is installed at the left of an ordinary kitchen sink 35, and a water pipe or connection 36 connects the machine with the plumbing of the sink.

The drain pipe 30 empties into the sink, and the latter forms practically a part of the dish washing apparatus thus provided. To prevent the gas from b eing turned on until after the drain 30 is closed, so that water will always be in the reservoir while the heater is in operation, the plate 37 of the handle 34 is provided .with a notch 38 which enga es the upper end of the handle 28,

' there y preventing the operation of the latter except when the notch 38 is opposite said be partially washed in the sink and then put in the combined washer and dryer and storage cabinet.

For the admission of air to the cabinet, while it is still in heated condition, to dry the dishes, and for the discharge of the air therefrom, the ends of the cabinet are preferably provided with openings 40 at suitable points above the water line. This provision is obviously. useful in drying the dishes,; after they are washed, without taking them edge of the door or closure, to engagea lug 42 on the front of the cabinet.

Brackets 43, orany suitable means, can be employed for supporting the cabinet melevated position on the wall, at such a height that it will serve conveniently as a storage cabinet or wall cupboard for the dishes, like an ordinary cupboard, as well as a washing machine. This also, of course, affords ample clearance below the machine for the operating motor 15 previously mentioned, being on the bottom of the cabinet. Thus the invcntion not only contemplates a cabinetlike washer in which the dishes may be left after the washin operation is completed, and after the dishes are cleaned while still heated, of course, but also contemplates a dish washer which is designed and intended to be used, in a satisfactory and convenientmanner, as an ordinary storagecabinet or wall cupboard, thereby dispensing with or obviating the necessity of any removal of the dishes after they are washed and dried, and thus reducing the work. The upper rack or cage forms the means for afi'ording access to the lower rack or basket, and must be swung up for this purpose, and both baskets must be displaced to permit access to the washing means. The holding means in the cabinet keep the dishes separate allow them to drain themselves dry, and atiord selective or individual removal of the dishes or otherarticles, in the sense that they can be removed one by one, when needed for the table, just as they would be removed from theshelves of an ordinary pantry or kitchen cupboard, for there is a place for each dish.

Thus, with the foregoing construction, the washing machine which is also a storage cabinet has a front opening above the water line of the" dish water reservoir, so that the splash chamber in which the dishes are not I only washed but also stored is entirely above the washing means, and is accessible at the front thereof for the insertion and removal of the dishes and other table articles; A moderate amount of dish water in the reservoir will be sufiicient for the pn can be heatedand maintained at t e desired temperature durin the washing operation, so that no water ISWfiStGd. The washing dish water can be discharged, after the dishes are washed, and the reservoir can then be filled withrinsing water, very obviously, and at no time can the heat be turned on while the drain from the dish water reservoir is open. In other words, to turn ose, as it I drain, which on the heat it is necessary to also close the makes the washer and cabinet a practical and safe thing to' lace in the hands of the averageperson. urthermore, no expensive plum ing is necessary for the installation of the washer and cabinet shown and described, for the'plumbing of the sink serves also as the means for draining ofi the water from the washing machine after the dishes are washed, and after the dish water has been discharged'into the sink.

It will beseen that the machine is of the splash system type, in which the dish water or s lash water is s lashed upward upon the "shes. The cabinet is adapted to receive fresh air, as' explained, to dry the dishes, thus obviating the necessity of taking out and wiping the dishes the drying thereof in the manner described being sufiicient to permit the dishes to remain in the cabinet, without taking them out and wiping them, until they are again needed for service. The top wall 2 is fixed or permanent, of course, being rigidwith the back wall 1 and the end walls 4, and hence the splash chamber above the splasher is tight all around and cannot leak and the water splashed up upon this wall 2 drips back again on to the dishes and from the latter mto the reservoir whlch holds the splash water. The burner which heats the splash water is supported by the bottom of the cabinet, and

the drying and storage chamber is thus heated also, in the manner explained.

What-I claim as my invention is 1; In a dish washing machine, a reservoir for water to be splashed onto the dishes, a rotary shaft extending horizontally above the bottom of said reservoir, splash means mounted on said shaft, ventilating means comprising end walls having openings therein at op osite ends of said reservoir, forming a c osed splash chamber into which the air can enter through one opening and leave through the other opening, thereby to dry the dishes and the interior of the machine after the dishes have been washed,

means on said shaft to draw the air into the machine, and means for rotating said shaft, said machine having means to support the dishes inposition for washing and drying, and for the storage thereof. 7

2. In a dish washing machine and storage cabinet for dishes or other table articles, a front door therefor, a supporting rack for the dishesor other table articles, and means for hinging said rack to swin outward and upward and over the top of t e cabinet.

3. A structure as specified in claim 2, said door being also hinged to swing upward and onto the cabinet, and being formed to receive said rack.

WILEY J. HUDDLEQ 

